Bye Board
Pro · glory only — no prizePredict all 32 teams’ bye weeks before the schedule drops. Sounds easy. It isn’t. Nine eligible weeks, thirty-two teams, and a league that clusters its byes around international trips and division logic. +1 for every team you nail, +3 for every division you sweep — and the sweep is where boards are won.
Strategy: byes follow the schedule’s bones — teams coming off international games, Thursday-night short weeks, late-season protections. The schedule explainers are the homework.
The 32-team board
Opens February 2027Only the weeks that held byes last season are offered (W5, W6, W7, W8, W9, W10, W11, W13, W14). Sweep a whole division for the +3 bonus — that’s the game within the game.
The 2027 board opens in February 2027.
This game is part of Pro — $12/year (founding rate for 2026) unlocks Slot Draft, Over the Slate, Bye Board, Off the Map, Booth Call, and Flex Watch, plus private friend leagues and advanced stats. See what Pro unlocks →
AFC Eastsweep all 4 → +3
AFC Northsweep all 4 → +3
AFC Southsweep all 4 → +3
AFC Westsweep all 4 → +3
NFC Eastsweep all 4 → +3
NFC Northsweep all 4 → +3
NFC Southsweep all 4 → +3
NFC Westsweep all 4 → +3
Breaks ties at the top of the board — closest wins. (2026’s answer: 6.)
Bye Board FAQ
How does Bye Board work?
Before the 2027 schedule is released, assign every one of the 32 teams a bye week. The selectable weeks are only the weeks that actually held byes last season (Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 13, Week 14). +1 per team whose bye you nail, +3 bonus for each division where you get all four teams right — max 56. The whole board grades the moment the schedule drops.
Is Bye Board free?
The page, rules, board, and leaderboard are free to read — playing is part of MockSlate Pro ($12/year founding rate, which also unlocks Slot Draft, Over the Slate, Off the Map, Booth Call, Flex Watch, private friend leagues, and advanced stats). There's no prize: Pro games are leaderboard-glory only.
What if the NFL schedules a bye outside the offered weeks?
That's the void rule: picks for the affected teams are voided — removed from everyone's denominator rather than auto-failed — and a division containing any voided team is ineligible for its +3 bonus, with the maximum reduced for everyone. Nobody loses to an option they weren't offered.
How are ties broken?
By the tiebreaker you enter at pick time: predict how many teams will share the most-used bye week. Closest to the actual value wins; if still tied, the earlier entry ranks first.
When do entries open and lock?
The board opens in February 2027 and locks at the officially announced schedule-release time in May. Until then, change any assignment freely.
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